The Washington critic., 1887-11-01
THE ARMY AND NAVY.

The ossipee Arrived at Newport, II. l.,
this morning.
Captain Allen Smith, Fourth Cavalry, has
been granted ten days extension Of leave.
The retirement Of First Lieutenant VIII
liam ii. McMinn, Eighth Cavalry, has been
announced.
First Lieutenant williston Fish, Fonrth
Artillery, has resigned, to take effect Decem-
Der 81.
Major George X. Brady, Eighteenth Iu-
fantIy, assumed command at Denver, Col,
October %.
Extensions Of Leave.-CaptaIn Joseph
Hale, Third Infantry, three months; First
Lieutenant Oscar j. Harvey, Third Cavalry,
ten days.
Captain Curtis L. Mum, assistant sur-
geon, has been relieved from duty at Fort
Candy, w. T., and ordered to Fort Kla-
math, Oregon.
Niscount Kabayana, Under Secretary OF
the Japanese Navy, visited the Mare Island
(Cal.) Navy Yard recently and was ten
dered the usual courtesies.
Captain 8. l.. Woodward, Tenth Cavalry,
has been ordered to act as chief quartermas-
ter, District OF New Mexico, until the ar
rival Of Captain W. Pullman.
The retirement of First Lieutenant WIN.
II. McMinn, Eighth Infantry, promotes
Second Lieutenant Edgar Hubert, Eighth
Infantry, to be flrst lieutenant.
First Lieutenant N. 8. Jarvis, assistant
surgeon, is ordered to Fort Lewis, Cal, for
duty under the command OF Fret Lieuten-
ant L. w. Casey, Twenty-second Infantry.
Second Lieutenant Francis G. Irwin, Sec.
ond Cavalry, has been appointed recruiting
officer at Fort Dldwell, Cal, relieving First
Lieutenant Henry c. La Point, Second Cav
airy.
Second Lieutenant Thomas Ridgway,
Fifth Artillery, has been relieved from duty
at the Cathedral School at Garden City,
Long Island, and granted fourteen dsys'
leave.
The corps OF judge.advocates OF the
army consists OF eight officers. Four Of
these are In Washington and one each in
San francisco, West Point, Chicago and
Governors Island.
Leaves OF Absence.-Cap,aIn John B.
Guthrie, Thirteenth Infantry, two months;
Second Lieutenant John A. Perry, Tenth
Infantry, two months; Captain Matt Hsoton,
Twenty.second Infantry, fourteen days.
A general court martial met at Fort
Bsysrd, N. NJ, yesterday for the trial of
First Lieutenant Charles g. Ayres, Tenth
Cavalry. Lieutenant Ayres Is the son OF
Colonel Romeyn b. Ayres, Second Artillery.
M,jor Wm. L. Haskln, First Artillery,
mas 'eeu relleNeu lfom rUrt SdnOy, w. L.,
and ordered to command OF the post at
Alcstraz Island, CAL, relieving Major John
l. Rodgers, FIrst Artillery, who Is ordered
to the Presidio at San Francisco.
Naval Orders.-Naval Cadet Calm Craig
to the Marion; Lieutenant Comma nder
Henry L. Nichols, from duty as Inspector OF
steel to the Coast Survey; Ensign Isaac X
seymore, from the Coast Survey to the Nip
sic; Ensign Horace w. Harrison, from the
Eagle to the receiving-shtp Vermont.
Naval Orders. @. q. Calkins
from the Bureau Of Navigation to Mare
Island Navy Yard; Lieutenant Bernard o
Scott from the Albatross, placed on waiting
orders; Lieutenant Edward Il. Wright froni
the Coast Survey steamer Blake to readi
ness for sea services; Eusian &. T. Parker
from The Bureau Of Navigation to tempo
rsry duty ct the Branch Hytrographlc or
lice, New York, and thence to the Branch
photographic ONCE at BAllimcr